Radix Raidix

Founded in 2009, RAIDIX is a Russian supplier. storage systems Raidix systems are supplied to many countries of the world, including,, Russia,, USA Germany China India, South Korea, Japan and others. They are used to solve business problems in the corporate sector, the media industry, supercomputer projects, video surveillance and other industries.

Using its proprietary noise-resistant coding technology in Russia and the USA and the scientific base, the company offers a domestic solution for managing individual DSS servers and building scalable high-performance clusters from many storage nodes. Raidix software is included in the register of domestic software of the Ministry of Communications as recommended for purchase by Russian companies and government agencies.

The main innovation being developed by the company, RAIDIX calls the introduction of a fundamentally new methodology for building disk RAID arrays using finite ring arithmetic, which can reduce the number of computing operations and increase system performance. Free computing power allows you to implement a number of functions in demand on the market, in particular, data encryption "on the fly" to meet the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of storing confidential information. It becomes possible to increase the speed of transactional operations by applying modern mathematical methods for optimizing caching.

The manager ON RAIDIX for data storage, initially received recognition in the media market (USA the largest Hollywood film studios) and Western. Europe

Performance indicators

2015

According to Raidix CEO Alexander Katashov, Raidix's revenue in 2015 amounted to about 100 million rubles^[1].

According to the database "Kontur. Focus," the legal entity LLC "RAIDIX" revenue in 2015 amounted to 13.875 million rubles.

History

2022: Yadro bought "RAIDIX"

On September 5, 2022, it became known about the sale of 100% of the "RAIDIX" company, Yadro which is part of the "" group. ICS Holding The deal to buy out 100% of the developer software to optimize the work () storage systems DSS from the founder and CEO Andrei Fedorov and the structures "" Rostelecom is closed.

According to Yadro Kommersant, the takeover of RAIDIX was "an important step in the implementation of the strategy of entering new segments of the DSS market." The cost of the transaction of the company was not disclosed, the source of the newspaper called the amount of 500-600 million rubles.

Yadro bought the developer of the software "RAIDIX"

The press service of Rostelecom TASS said that this is not the first time the company has left projects that, according to the analysis, will develop more efficiently and faster beyond its borders.

The investment was successful - at the exit of KommIT Capital, it received an amount more than twice the initial investment, the telecommunications company emphasized.

According to Leonid Goldenberg, co-owner of Systematics, Yadro needs the purchase of RAIDIX to get a team of specialists, as well as ready-made technologies, the development and implementation of which would take up to three years from scratch.

RAIDIX has developed software that distributes the load on DSS, increasing the speed of loading/unloading data, these solutions have a niche, the expert added.

After the departure of foreign vendors, including HPE, Oracle and IBM, the problem of import substitution of DSS software became relevant. It is expected that Yadro will use the developments of "RAIDIX" in its DSS TATLIN products and expand the possibilities for applying these solutions to various customers.

A source close to the Ministry of Industry and Trade predicts that by the end of 2022, all manufacturers, not only Yadro, will increase sales by 50-100% on average^[2]

2019: Partnership with IRU

On April 15, 2019, the developer of solutions for, data storage RAIDIX, announced that, together Russian with the manufacturer computer of the equipment, the company IRU had signed a partnership agreement aimed at jointly developing and supplying Russian iRUs storage systems with a pre-installed one. software RAIDIX More. here

2018

Enterprise Software Resource Management Solution

On September 25, 2018, NII Scale JSC and RAIDIX presented a joint solution for managing the enterprise's software resources.

As reported, DSS under control ON RAIDIX is included in one of the versions of the Helios platform, designed to create convergent. IT infrastructures The Helios platform allows you to combine the IT power of an enterprise into a single computing center under the control of a virtualization platform, ECP Veil so that you can centrally manage computing, network, and storage resources. PO RAIDIX will be used for DSS management, storage reliability, and fast data access.

During the signing of the partnership agreement, RAIDIX introduced software for integrated virtualization and storage management solutions. The companies highly appreciated the prospects for cooperation and the possibility of producing joint products.

Development of a platform for storing classified documents together with NPP

RAIDIX, a developer and supplier of domestic software and hardware technology for data storage Raidix, and AS, a system integrator, signed a cooperation agreement on March 30, 2018. The innovative developments of RAIDIX will allow the partner company AS to expand the range of solutions and services for the construction, modernization and maintenance of certified data centers and specialized storage systems.

The result of cooperation between the parties was a pilot software and hardware solution for the long-term storage of documents with a secrecy stamp. The developed solution can also be used for long-term storage of legally significant documents (creation of a digital repository of electronic documents - CHED).

Consumers of solutions will be state institutions, law enforcement agencies and enterprises of the military-industrial complex, as well as organizations working with certified documentation due to the specifics of activities, reported in "RAIDIX."

2017

ISO 9001:2015

In the summer of 2017, RAIDIX underwent an annual audit for compliance with the international quality standard ISO 9001 according to The British Standards Institution (BSI). The certification body noted the effectiveness of business processes in the commercial department, the implementation and support group and the production department of RAIDIX.

In accordance with the latest ISO requirements published in 2015, all companies certified according to ISO 9001 version of 2008 must switch to a new certification form within three years (ISO 9001:2015). As a result of the audit, BSI confirmed the compliance of RAIDIX QMS with new quality parameters, in particular, in the aspects of risk-oriented management, leadership and commitment to management and resource planning.

Partnership

In China

In June 2017, the vendor DSS the RAIDIX company entered into a partnership agreement with the Chinese system integrator Beijing Digital Technology Co. Ltd. (Digitocean), which supplies comprehensive video production solutions to the largest film companies and post-production studios in China. RAIDIX-managed storage solution enables media industry customers to increase data access performance and reduce the time required to prepare materials for the air, provide optimal cost of system ownership, and provide fault tolerance.

In Latin America

The Russian storage vendor establishes partnerships with the Brazilian companies Drivesys and SDC Engenharia for the supply of solutions for media and television broadcasting, high-performance computing, medium and large businesses. Brazil is the region's leading information technology country. Brazil's share of the big data storage and analytics market in Latin America, according to some sources, is more than 50%. Other countries in the region with developed DSS market include Mexico, Argentina, and Chile. RAIDIX industry experience and customized functionality for resource-intensive market segments allow Latin American partners to solve specific customer tasks in terms of performance and storage resiliency.

In Italy

The developer ON for storage systems RAIDIX entered into a partnership agreement with an Italian system integrator and IT vendor in May 2017. Share Distribution By incorporating standard server hardware-based storage solutions under PO RAIDIX management into the matrix, Share Distribution delivers performance, reliability, and flexibility benefits to its customers.

In Southeast Asia

The vendor DSS company "RAIDIX" establishes partnerships with system integrators in the Philippines, Malaysia and. Hong Kong IT Solution Providers in Southeast Asia are adding RAIDIX technology to the Enterprise Market Solution Matrix, driven by the new functionality and commercial benefits of the managing PO RAIDIX. On the one hand, the regional flagships of IT Singapore and Malaysia represent the established storage market, largely formed by world industry leaders, and. IBM HP EMC On the other hand, countries such as Vietnam and the Philippines are actively investing in infrastructure development and are ready to consider new solutions for specific enterprise tasks, including high-performance work with transactional applications and, databases virtualization efficient storage of "hot" and "cold" data, etc. Thus, the Philippine DSS assembler Redwood Ventures is testing RAIDIX management software on a hardware base, Supermicro forming a comprehensive offer in the middle price range for enterprises with a developed information environment. Malaysian distributor Supermicro and end-to-end IT provider ServerWare plans to deliver high-density DSS on the RAIDIX software platform, which has proven to be a margin solution compatible with standard x64 server hardware from key manufacturers. The first deliveries of software and hardware systems based on RAIDIX through new partners are planned in the II - III quarter of 2017. Potential clients of the solution in Southeast Asia include medium and large enterprises, government agencies and telecom providers in the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia.

In India

RAIDIX announced in February that it had established partnerships with a number of Indian system integrators and equipment assemblers as part of the Convergence India conference in New Delhi (February 7-9, 2017). Collaboration with Exalto Communication Technologies, SRSG, Infosols and others promotes RAIDIX solutions in the promising Indian media market. As of February 2017, RAIDIX has completed more than 40 deliveries to Bollywood film companies, creative associations and post-production studios.

In South Korea

In January 2017, RAIDIX announced the opening of an official representative office in Seoul (South Korea) - Raidix Korea. It will act as a sales office and the main entry point for partners and end customers in the country, as well as a comprehensive technical support center for systems based on Raidix software, the company explains. The office was opened in partnership with Korean system integrator ITServices, specializing in the supply of storage systems. At the time of opening, the RAIDIX representative office employs five employees - business development managers and technical specialists. Due to the increase in demand for Raidix solutions in the near future, the company plans to expand its staff in terms of pre-sale and DSS support. RAIDIX have been operate in the Korean market since 2013. The company says that since then it has implemented a number of DSS implementations at medium and large enterprises and in a number of government agencies in Seoul and regions of South Korea. As of the beginning of the year, negotiations are underway with the "largest companies" in South Korea to supply Raidix Aero DSS to ensure high performance of workflows, virtualization tasks and elastic scaling of the existing IT infrastructure.

Raidix specialized video surveillance solutions are used in the IT services of the largest Korean cities (Yongin, Gwangmyeong, etc.)

Its own representative office in South Korea will strengthen the "traditionally strong position" of RAIDIX in the region and establish a direct dialogue with customers in the state and corporate sector, believes Anna Belova, director of international business development at RAIDIX. Raidix Korea director Gabriel Kang added that Raidix's solution is intended to occupy a vacant niche in the Korean storage market, which is currently monopolized by class "A" industrial systems.

According to RAIDIX, its systems are used in more than 30 countries around the world. At the same time, the South Korean office became the company's first representative office in non-CIS countries. Raidix told TAdviser that in other countries work goes through authorized partners and system integrators. RAIDIX typically works with multiple partners in each market to minimize risk and make optimal use of the vertical expertise of individual partners. The exclusive model of cooperation is rather an exception, the company explained to TAdviser.

The share of foreign sales at RAIDIX in 2016 was about 80%, TAdviser cited data in the company. The United States still brings the most sales, but RAIDIX speaks of a noticeable growth dynamics in the home market, in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and Latin America. The film studios of Hollywood and Bollywood are called their largest clients abroad at RAIDIX. Significant customers in the field of video surveillance - the administration of the South Korean cities of Gwangmyong and Yongin, in the field of high-performance computing - Juelich Research Center (Germany).

Raidix Media software technology for high-performance data storage in the field of media and post-production is the most popular among foreign customers. DSS based on Raidix Media are used by the largest Hollywood film studios and in the Russian media market (Ostrov, Colorkitchen, Belaya Stripe, Star Media, UMP, MATCH TV, TOGETHER RF, etc.).

The key competitors of RAIDIX in foreign markets are companies NetApp EMC,,,. IBM Hitachi The price of RAIDIX solutions compared to foreign solutions may be up to 70% lower depending on the configuration, the company told TAdviser.

The company claims that technological and commercial advantages allow its solutions to compete.

DSS of running Raidix have a range of functional and commercial advantages. First of all, this is the highest irreducible performance, efficient work in multithreaded mode due to proprietary RAID mechanisms, as well as fault tolerance. Raidix software-defined technology is hardware-independent. Raidix supports standard x64 server hardware, thereby significantly reducing the cost of system ownership and scaling costs for the customer, the company says.

In addition, Raidix uses machine learning and intelligent algorithms to automatically balance performance, giving priority to business-critical applications and saving customer resources, a developer spokesman added in a conversation with TAdviser.

In 2017, it is planned: the start of sales of the joint software and hardware solution "RAIDIX" and Panasonic, the start of deliveries of DSS based on RAIDIX through system integrators in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia and Latin America, the introduction of corporate systems at the largest enterprises in Russia and the CIS.

2016

Business expansion in the Middle East and Africa

On December 15, 2016, RAIDIX announced the expansion of the network of business contacts and potential customers in the MEA (Middle East and Africa) region.

The company considers the Gulf countries a promising market for its post-production and video surveillance solutions. The market for corporate and private monitoring systems is growing in the UAE, where the presence of pre-installed cameras in premises rented for offices and retail outlets becomes a mandatory part of the lease.

Raidix partners - suppliers of ASBIS and 2CRSI equipment occupy a confident position in the Middle East markets and reveal the potential of Raidix software-defined solutions for end customers. RAIDIX actively cooperates with integrators and equipment assemblers to participate in tenders for the supply of DSS to government agencies and large companies in the region.

Given the rapid development of multimedia business and video surveillance, suppliers of equipment and software products for these segments are faced with technological challenges, including flexible scaling of storage capacity, support for digital formats and high-resolution cameras, high performance and bandwidth in the transmission of video data, etc.

To meet industry requirements, Raidix delivers high-speed RAID 6, RAID 7.3, and N + M (proprietary RAID levels), multi-parallel 2K/4K video support without latency, full fault tolerance, and flexible configuration expansion without system downtime.

Sale of shares to Rostelecom venture capital fund

At the end of February 2016, it became known about the first investment of Rostelecom's venture capital fund, KommIT Capital. He acquired 30% of Raidix, Vedomosti writes with reference to the representative of the state operator and the head of Raidix Alexander Katashov.

KommIT Capital bought 30% of Raidix for 100 million rubles, valuing the entire company at 333 million rubles. This money will go to expand Raidix sales, Alexey Kupriyanov, director of the KommIT Capital Foundation, told the publication.

Rostelecom bought 30% of the Russian software developer for DSS Raidix for 100 million rubles

According to him, by 2020 it is planned to increase Raidix's share in the Russian storage software market (DSS) from 1% to 20-30%. Kupriyanov estimates the volume of this market at 5-7 billion rubles.

Raidix's business will develop through the procurement of Rostelecom and its clients, for the needs of which the company will be able to finalize the product using the expertise of the state operator, said its vice president Alexei Basov. He also noted that Raidix solutions can be used in products related to backup, content libraries, virtualization, and big data.

KommIT Capital intends to maintain its share in the Raidix business for 5-7 years and hopes for an increase in the company's annual profitability in rubles to 30-40%. At the same time, it is not planned to increase its stake in Raidix: the fund will be ready to dilute its ownership stake when new investors enter the company's capital, said Alexey Kupriyanov.

Partner of the venture capital fund InVenture Partners Sergey Azatyan says that Raidix can cost from three to four indicators of annual revenue, which in 2015, according to Alexander Katashov, amounted to about 100 million rubles (more than half accounted for the international market). Azatyan believes that Rostelecom can increase the cost of the company by purchasing products from it for its own needs, as well as attracting new customers.^[3]

Among the clients of RAIDIX by the end of 2016 - Russian Railways, Rosreestr, Mining University, Mariinsky Theater, Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov and others. The company's strategic partners are participants in the DSS industry ATTO Technology, Broadcom, HGST, Intel, Mellanox, Panasonic, QLogic and others.

2014: Revenue of RUB 47 mln

In 2014, the revenue of RAIDIX LLC, according to Kontur. Focus, amounted to about 47 million rubles.

2013: RUR 25 mln sales

According to the Kontur.Fokus database, in 2013 RAIDIX LLC earned 25.241 million rubles.

2012:300% sales growth

Sales growth in 2012 was about 300% compared to 2011.

2011: Skolkovo Member

RAIDIX, a subsidiary of AvroRAID, became a member of the Skolkovo Innovation Center. As part of this project, the company plans to carry out research and application activities in the field of calculating RAID algorithms and developing software for storage systems (DSS).

"RAIDIX" will join the number of residents of the cluster of information and computer technologies of the Skolkovo Innovation Center in the direction of "New technologies for the transfer and storage of data." This cluster, along with biomedical technologies, is one of the most dynamically developing in the project. Currently, it includes about 40 companies. In general, according to official data, there are now about 100 participants in the Skolkovo Innovation Center.

Razumovsky Sergey, General Director of AVRORAID, comments: "Obtaining the status of a Skolkovo participant is an important step for us. It is no secret that the transformation of innovation from a prototype into a product of industrial production is one of the most difficult technologies in the life cycle. And the help from the state at this stage will be useful. We expect favorable tax and bureaucratic conditions for our project. In addition, we hope that interaction with other participants in the Skolkovo Innovation Center will lead to the emergence and development of other innovations. "

Partners

Raidix partners include Intel; Panasonic; Mellanox; Broadcom; Qlogic; ATTO; HGST, Seagate, Softline, Aquarius, Croc, IBS, Lanit, Ai-Teko and others.

Within the framework of the cooperation policy, partners of the Vendor and Integrator class gain access to licenses for PO RAIDIX and software and hardware complexes RAIDIX AERO Plus. In addition, the company provides engineering services for building scalable clusters from many storage nodes and trains technical and commercial specialists of the partner.

Expanding the partner network in Russia and the CIS countries, RAIDIX offers optimal conditions for various types of cooperation. PO RAIDIX are used as a software component to create high-performance and fault-tolerant DSS that meet the requirements of the corporate market and professional industries, or as part of the implementation of comprehensive IT projects. At the same time, the company provides opportunities for branding and flexible positioning of solutions on the RAIDIX platform.

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